Bug#807805: vlc: Crash upon startup

[Hörmetjan Yiltiz]

Thanks! Is it due to a lack of some interface in i3wm, in which case it is
i3wm's bug, or that `vlc` is assuming some interface that is not
necessarily present in any system?

Best,
Hörmet
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On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher at debian.org>
wrote:

> Control: severity -1 important
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> On 2015-12-13 03:58:37, Hormet Yiltiz wrote:
> > Package: vlc
> > Version: 2.2.1-5+b1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
> appropriate ***
> >
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> >    After a recent system upgrade in Debian Testing, `vlc` cannot start
> >    and crashes reporting:
> >    "QSystemTrayIcon::setVisible: No Icon set"
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> >    This is reproducable in my environment. I am running i3wm installed
> >    alongside with KDE5. Reinstalling or reconfiguring `vlc` did not
> >    solve the issue.
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> >    VLC crash upon startup.
> >    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> >    VLC starts normally.
>
> Please install vlc-dbg and qtbase5-dbg and provide a full backtrace.
>
> On 2015-12-13 06:07:25, Hörmetjan Yiltiz wrote:
> > calling `vlc --no-qt-system-tray` will start vlc and is an effective
> > workaround.
>
> ...
>
> > I realized that vlc only crashes in my i3wm setup, but does not crash if
> > started from the KDE5 environment.
>
> Downgrading accordingly.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Sebastian Ramacher
>
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